Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 690
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The drone carried out reconnaissance along the railway line from north to south, and found another military column, which stopped 16 kilometers in front of the Hefan assault force. It can be seen that hundreds of Indian soldiers are trying to unload directly on the railway. , There are other troops coming nearby.

Judging from the untied canvas, it is some kind of huge tank, there are 12 of them.The drone flew too low, which alarmed the Indian soldiers unloading the truck. They began to look up, but under the night, they could only hear something flying overhead, and probably couldn't see it.He Fan, who was commanding the vehicle, noticed that, except for a small number of enemies fleeing in all directions, most of them still stood firm and accelerated to unload the vehicle, which showed that they were well-trained.

However, the roadbed under the railway tracks in this area is very high. Judging from his experience in military exercises over the years, it is really difficult to quickly unload tanks in such places. Perhaps the Indians have training subjects for emergency unloading of Russian-made tanks outside the platform, and Some experience has been accumulated, but they probably got the wrong target this time.It's a pity that the drone didn't carry a bomb, otherwise it could launch a strike first, otherwise it would add a lot of chaos to them.

The drone keeps hovering above the enemy's head and lowers its altitude in an attempt to interfere with the enemy's operations. This is not its mission, but it can sometimes be effective against Indians.It can be seen that the first M1A1 tank tried to turn the barrel and drove off the flatbed directly, but the flatbed could not bear the weight, and one side was tilted, and the tank rolled down and sank into the deep ditch next to the roadbed. The other tried to get off the flatbed. Turning on the same spot, he didn't operate properly for a while, and fell directly on the side of the road. Obviously, He Fan's judgment was very accurate. They couldn't successfully drive the 60-ton tank off the roadbed, at least not at night, and now they only had to be beaten. up.

The drone flew too low to notice an Indian army coming from the dark northwest corner. They fired a Stinger missile and destroyed the drone. He Fan lost his monitoring ability for a while. He urged the vanguard to move quickly, he was very worried that the enemy would divert a locomotive from there and pull the train back.

In the command headquarters of Pasad, Brigadier General Ogudan has been in anxious contact with the headquarters through satellite communication. He firmly believes in the judgment that the Chinese army is encircling New Delhi, but the satellite intelligence has not been able to confirm this speculation.

The Chinese army resumed the bombardment of the Pasade headquarters. From time to time, concrete chips from the ceiling fell on the brigadier general's neck, but he checked the map with a serious expression, completely unmoved.He was more worried about the possible advances of the enemy to the east than most of the Indians here.

Marshal Pasade seems to be skeptical. He did receive the news that the headquarters of the 23rd Division was attacked by cruise missiles, and the line of defense was torn open. He also knew that Siana was attacked behind the line of defense, but the news everywhere It was very confusing. Some said that the firefight in Siana was very small, and some said that the enemy disappeared after a single hit. In short, he was not reported to him that there were Chinese tanks near Siana.The marshal mobilized troops to try to block the opening, and then ordered the train that had passed Siana to transport the tanks to stop halfway, and ordered the troops to try to unload the trucks by themselves, and then move forward along the railway to participate in defensive operations.

He is the kind of soldier who is cautious and needs to verify the information before he can proceed to the next step. Unfortunately, the Indian army has almost changed, and the professional ability is getting lower and lower, and a lot of information has been delayed in vain.

All the routs at Siana's train station saw the size of the Chinese tank unit under the night, but no one reported this important detail to their superiors in time in the panic. The paratroopers infiltrated by Pakistan are destroying communications everywhere, which is very good. Overwhelmed by the enemy, He Fan's attack continued for several hours, but the enemy headquarters still couldn't figure it out.

Brigadier General Augustan felt that it was a joke to continue to do nothing and take good measures, so he turned and walked towards the Indian Marshal.

"I hope you can immediately dispatch armed helicopters to protect the transportation line from Agra. From all indications, there must be a sizable enemy infiltrating into your rear. Sending helicopters now can make full use of advanced sensors to detect the enemy, and strike to annihilate them.”

"No, no, the information is still very confusing," the marshal avoided the other party's gaze, "I can't just rely on guesswork and blindly dispatch precious air power. The whole of New Delhi is covered by enemy air defense missiles, and the helicopter is easily hit as soon as it takes off." Come down. Don't worry, I have already photographed the mechanized troops to check the situation."

He shook his head vigorously and said that the loss of the Tornado Battalion left him with lingering fears about the enemy's reaction speed, and he decided not to lose important units by taking rash actions.

"Your Excellency Marshal, I remind you again that the speed of the ground troops is too slow, and the armed helicopters must be dispatched immediately for cover." The voice of the American Brigadier General was a little louder, which suddenly made Pasade somewhat unable to step down.

"No, I cannot issue such an order without confirming the number of enemies. I am in command here, not you!"

"Yes, I have no right to command your army, but my duty here is to supervise that the property of the U.S. Army will not be ruined by reckless and blind command. If I report to my superiors that the U.S. military equipment was lost in transit, my The higher-ups will definitely end the aid without hesitation."

The scene was silent, and no one spoke to break the embarrassing situation. About 10 seconds later, Chinese artillery shells fell densely, causing a violent ground vibration, which finally loosened the stalemate atmosphere.

"Okay, I'll send six Apache helicopters to your designated area to conduct a search."

The marshal finally relented, which made the Indian officers present a little angry. A mere brigadier general dared to talk to the top commander of the Indian army like this. But now is not the time to care about these things. The Indian army needs American equipment, otherwise the war will not last.

At the same time, several M1 tanks on the military column are idling, debugging the electrical equipment inside the tank. The roadbed here is high and narrow, and it is obviously impossible to drive the tank directly according to common sense. The tankers had to do other things first. Prepare.

An Indian commander turned the peripheral vision device to test the effect of night vision.That nasty drone overhead was shot down, and now they're a little safer surrounded by about 2 infantry companies and a T72 platoon.

After the thermal imaging TV is cooled, the night vision effect begins to appear, and after image gain, the detection boundary is further strengthened.The commander turned north and saw several tanks approaching, but ignored them.In order to drag the tanks stuck in the ravine, the superiors have transferred several T72s, but the power is still insufficient. Those may just be other tanks of the 23rd Division who came to help.No one reminded them that they should pay attention to the nearby enemy situation. The commander only knew that Siana was attacked by a small enemy force.

At the same time, He Fan learned about the enemy's situation from the footage captured by the thermal imaging TV of a reconnaissance vehicle in the reconnaissance battalion. He saw three T3 tanks lined up under the roadbed, obviously trying to overturn the nearly 72-ton rollover monster.He told the front tankers to deal with these T70s first, try not to damage the enemy's M72 tanks, and leave it to the rear troops to pull them back.He had imagined a lot of scenarios for the first confrontation with M1A1, but he didn't expect to make such a fool of himself.

The tank troops quickly outflanked and destroyed three exhausted T1200 tanks from 72 meters away.

The rear long-range radar spotted the Indian helicopters taking off from the vicinity of Gandhi International Airport. These helicopters flew very low, trying to use the buildings in the urban area to cover the crossing. However, after leaving the city of New Delhi, they were still detected by the radar. Judging from the flight characteristics, Possibly a gunship.He Fan immediately reminded the air defense unit to move westward, try to stay away from the tank troops, and build a larger air defense network.

The pilots of the 443 Squadron of the Indian Army Aviation can clearly feel the radar threat from the north. They hope that their early warning aircraft can see the enemy's missiles as soon as possible. Keep an eye on your radar.Although the anti-aircraft missiles of the Chinese army are deployed far away, they may still use high-throwing ballistics to threaten low-altitude targets 150 kilometers away.

They quickly discovered the tank group on the ground through the night vision goggles. These tanks moved from north to south, which was completely opposite to the normal mobilization, but it was difficult to identify the enemy and the enemy for a while.

The captain of the team was trying to report this suspicious situation to his superiors, but the emergency alarm sounded, and the radar beam position was at the nose position. This was an unexpected situation. Obviously, the enemy not only infiltrated a small group of troops into the deep area behind the defense line , and stuffed into the air defense positions?

The low-altitude flight of the Indian helicopter is just the heart of the Hongqi-17 air defense system. This system can deal with low-altitude and low-speed targets very well. The shortcoming is the lack of reaction time. If there is a data link to make up for the short-sightedness of the surveillance radar itself board, it's perfect.

The two Hongqi 2s have not used battlefield surveillance radars to avoid alerting the enemy prematurely. They knew the location of the target throughout the process, but they did not know the exact number. The long-range radar could see 17 to 3 enemy helicopters.The defense range of these missiles is not very large, but it is just well beyond the range of the Apache's night vision equipment to detect ground targets.At a distance of 4 kilometers, the guidance radar was turned on at one time and intercepted the first batch of targets.The Hongqi 5 can guide several missiles at the same time to strike 17 enemy planes, and the dense formation of the enemy is very conducive to this kind of shooting.

After the ground radar was turned on, Apache began to release various interferences in an attempt to avoid it.The guidance radar burns through electronic jamming at maximum power, locking on to only two targets.Immediately, 4 missiles were shot into the sky in succession.The other Hongqi 17 was in a slightly poor position and could only shoot at an Apache on one side. The enemy helicopters had almost no countermeasures.

As far as 160 kilometers away, the S400 system behind the front line of the Chinese and Pakistani troops has also been waiting for an opportunity to fire. It captured the target almost at the same time as the short-range missile.Immediately, a huge missile dragged a ray of light and lifted off into the air. Like a ballistic missile, it took some time to climb to a considerable height before falling down.

The pilots in the Indian Apache helicopter are desperately fleeing for their lives in the cabin full of sirens, and they don't care about the emerging threats.In fact, these missiles were seen by radar after they took off, but no one knows what they are and where they will fly. The long-range rockets of the Chinese army have been firing intermittently, and it is difficult for radar to distinguish the difference between them.

The short-range missile of the Hongqi 17 that arrived first exploded next to the captain's plane, but the heavy armor of this plane took effect. The Apache was not so lucky. The missile destroyed its tail rotor through a close-in explosion, and the helicopter spun in the air, and then fell out of control.

The guidance radar in the distance found that the locked target fell to the ground and became invisible, and immediately corrected the missile to turn to another target in the second row through instructions.It rushed down directly from a distance of 20 kilometers away with lightning speed, and the warhead it carried was much larger than that of the Hongqi 17 missile, and due to the use of more accurate radio detonation technology and directional fragmentation Technology can damage rough-skinned and thick-skinned targets like Apache within 3 meters.This is partly why only one missile was fired from the position. As a deterrent weapon, the S400 exists in this battle, and its value is to make the commanders of the opponent feel afraid and unable to make full use of various air weapons in their hands.

The news of the destruction of 4 Apaches shocked Pas Adeh. ​​The complete image taken by one of the Apaches through a thermal imager was transmitted by satellite to the US military communication vehicle at the Agra base, and then transferred to Pas Ade. German Command.

A few kilometers away, a series of white shadows can be seen moving fast. Judging from the outlines, they are Type 55 tanks and ZBD99 infantry fighting vehicles galloping on the plain 04 kilometers east of New Delhi.

Pasade immediately contacted the deputy commander of the 23rd Infantry Division by radio, ordering him not to continue to contact the missing original division commander, but to immediately take over all command of the unit and mobilize the reserve team to the defense line.But it was too late, and the fragmented line of defense finally completely collapsed following the devastating attack of long-range rocket launchers.

At this moment, He Fan had already entered the depth zone for about 35 kilometers. His striker suddenly attacked and seized all 12 Abrams tanks parked on the railway. Obviously, they belonged to the same unit as the three previously found at the railway station. The number matches that of the US tank company.Pasade expected this kind of tank to block the attack, but he ushered in an ugly defeat before fighting.

He Fan's swift action spread to Lin Huaisheng's headquarters, and everything went according to plan. According to the plan, there will be another attack on the Agra base by the missile force soon, in order to cooperate with the outflanking action of the ground forces.

The Agra Air Force Base has become a major base for the Americans to provide equipment for the Indian army. The Americans are using C 17 transport planes to move a large number of heavy weapons hoarded in the Gulf region here in an attempt to cheer for India and reverse the situation.In Lin Huaisheng's mind, the United States has missed the opportunity to intervene. If Kashmir is besieged in time, there may be a chance. How much time can it delay now?
Of course he didn't dare to take it lightly.The Patriot missile base in Agra has become his confidant, which will largely hinder him from using the air force freely, similar to how his S400 system has hindered the Indians.

Since this kind of missile claims to be anti-missile, it is better to hit it with a ballistic missile.

During the day, the Gaofen series satellites photographed 4 positions around the base, all of which have similar missile positions. Obviously some are true and some are false. He predicts that these anti-aircraft missiles will always slack off at night, because optical reconnaissance satellites cannot see them at night. What, not because he is going to do the opposite, he plans to launch a missile at each of the two positions that have been screened out, one of which uses a cluster warhead, and he wants to test the training there The reaction time of Indian soldiers and the ability of cluster warheads to restrain terminal anti-missiles.

(End of this chapter)